Me and Jen met Ruth and went to the hairdressers in town.When we arrived at the salon, the women working in there were very excited but not very efficient.We were sat down and given water to drink and shown various hairstyle magazines and booklets.Each of us picked something we wanted done.Jen wanted her hair darker and shorter and straightened. Ruth wanted her hair shorter and straightened.I wanted my fringe cut back in to one side and just the ends trimmed of...

Happy Teachers' Day!In China they celebrate this annually and the children bring gifts for the teachers.I didn't eat or drink anything all morning as my stomach was still bad and I wanted to avoid it getting worse.When I was saying good morning at the front gate I was given flowers by some of the children which improved my mood. In one of my classes, a girl had been crying before I arrived and the assistant didn't seem to be very nice to her.I wanted her to be...

I taught the children the words for various cutleries as it was the first set of flashcards I came across in the morning.I changed the my usual game slightly in that once the child had heard me say the word and hit the correct flashcard, I then got them to repeat the word back to me, as I think I need to get them speaking more.I have discovered it is unwise stand too near to a child when they say spoon otherwise I get covered in spit.To my amusement I also foun...

I looked out of the window and the rain had stopped at last. At least on our yard it looked like the flood had subsided out there.Town had been flooded worse than the yard yesterday though so I got a taxi to work in case there were any problems with the buses.Luckily the taxi fare is the equivalent of about 90pence at home, but it's still not a good habit to be in when a bus only costs the equivalent of about 10pence! Because the rain had stopped I had to do g...

The rain had not stopped since yesterday and the puddles were becoming gigantic.When I arrived at school I had to stand under the shelter by the front door and say "good morning" to every child who walked in.It is very difficult to be chirpy at 7:30 in the rain!During the morning I gave 3 classes.The children remembered my games and were very enthusiastic. Zhen Yang set her computer up in the classroom so we could use the internet to translate things...